U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place, Suite 1040, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530

D -- HARDWARE MAINTENANCE SOL DOJ-SAS-0-T-016 DUE 092799 POC Patricia A. Raines 202-307-1946 D -- Hardware Maintenance -- The Department of Justice, subject to availability of funds, intends to issue an award on a sole source basis to NCR Government Systems Corporation for software maintenance, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR Part 13, pursuant to 41 USC 252(c)(1) only one responsible source. Responses received as a result of this notice of intent, shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses will not be considered as either proposal or bids. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition, based upon the written responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. The anticipated period of performance will be one year. Responses must be submitted to the address shown in Item 7 by COB 9/27/99.***** Posted 09/18/99 (W-SN381719). (0261)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0016 19990922\D-0005.SOL)